Giro d'Italia 2020, stage 11: Porto S.Elpidio – Rimini 182 km

[Laplaz]

According to PCS he only turned pro when he was 26. What was he doing beforehand?
He also seems to be a ninja as far as google is concerned.

MTB

 

[Samu Cuenca]

His German Wiki page claims he has the perfect body measurements for a climber.
But he is 12 cm shorter than Nibali, so I'm not fully convinced.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

You might be right. A few years ago (just before he had got his first rainbow jersey) we had been whitnessing that his recovery is out of this word.
If I am Demare I would start to worry a little bit.

TBF after a very up-and-down first week, since the ciclamino points were going to the break on Saturday and he had no designs on Sunday's stage, he chilled at ~100th over the weekend and then had the rest day so that's three days where he won't have been going deep at all and just putting in the miles. He even came in last of the bunch on stage 8 (though the next group not being that far behind might mean he was just tailing in and there was somebody who left a gap behind). He might have great recovery but back to back GTs with so little time between them will have a cost. Just looks like that was what he needed as he came all guns blazing out of it like he was Alberto Contador or something.

 

[gregrowlerson]

His German Wiki page claims he has the perfect body measurements for a climber.
But he is 12 cm shorter than Nibali, so I'm not fully convinced.

Speaking of Nibali, you need colossal size testicles too. Did German wiki mention that?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Speaking of Nibali, you need colossal size testicles too. Did German wiki mention that?

They mention a weight of 56-58 kg., but doesn't specify how much of him it includes

 

[titan31]

Ninja of the Giro so far : Haimar Pernsteiner

He attacked on Etna tbf. Im not sure I've seen anything from Hindley, Samitier or Paret Peintre

 

[Climbing]

Mountainbiking, iirc. Then he made the top ten out of nowhere in the Österreich Rundfahrt and continued from there.

Think he was more a marathon guy than an xco though, don't remember him from World Cup.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Think he was more a marathon guy than an xco though, don't remember him from World Cup.

He was beaten by Sagan once

 

[hayneplane]

They build up fatigue for the mountain stages (in theory at least).

only if the wind blows and they get raced hard. Usually a very soft break gets 4 riders or less 5 minutes up road then reeled in with little effort for only 40 minutes or so of faster speed and positioning.

 

[hayneplane]

He attacked on Etna tbf. Im not sure I've seen anything from Hindley, Samitier or Paret Peintre

Hindley led home Kelderman at the head of the remains of the Maglia Rosa group on Roccaraso to gain a few seconds. He is also a domestique so less likely to attack. The others have been barely spotted at all by the camera.

 

[Breezy1985]

His German Wiki page claims he has the perfect body measurements for a climber.
But he is 12 cm shorter than Nibali, so I'm not fully convinced.

Nibali has a bigger "ahem" trophy cabinet

 

[dgodave]

Boooooo! Stupid flat stage

No hill towns. Thats very sad.

 

[RedheadDane]

Crash! Viviani... possibly caused by a moto bike deciding that a roundabout would be a great place to move up through the peloton.

 

[Laplaz]

Crash! Viviani... possibly caused by a moto bike deciding that a roundabout would be a great place to move up through the peloton.

Not possibly, 100% caused by the damn moto

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Motorbike mishears town name 'Ospedaletto' as 'Hospitalise him'.

 

[sir fly]

Maybe the motorbike rider is French.

 

[klintE]

Armee Sander trying to make a Sagan

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Armee Sander trying to make a Sagan

He is unsurprisingly a one man army.

 

[klintE]

He is unsurprisingly a one man army.

Yes, and he is fighting for a new contract

 

[JosefK]

Viviani doesn't look too banged up.

 

[Eclipse]

humdeedum. Would be really funny if Armee made it to the line

 

[sir fly]

The one-man army's maintaining the advantage.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

They've had light tailwind all day but more like light x-headwind now

 

[Lexman]

courageous ride by Armée (who's still looking for a contract for next year)

 

[JosefK]

I fear Armée will be caught with a couple kilometers to go. Hope I'm wrong.